Product Overview
Boris Shavyrin is the author of this interesting box painted on a theme of history. In the foreground he has painted the Russian family, a husband, a wife and their two children, that lived in the seventeenth century in Moscow. Looking at this scene the viewer can easily imagine how the citizens of Moscow looked several centuries ago.
Light blue and white tones of oils suitable for depiction of a winter scene predominate here. The costumes of the characters are decorated richly with brilliant gold patterns. Gold metal leaf inlay can be found in the kokoshnik of the depicted woman and in the cupolas of the cathedral painted in the foreground. Several pieces of mother-of-pearl are shining through the painting.
The box is made out of paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. The scene is framed with a simple gold line. The lid is hinged from the left of the scene, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The work is signed with the artist's name and Fedoskino. Approx. 6"x4"x1.5".
